Talent Acquisition Coordinator | Start Up Centres Portfolio

Location: South Yarra, Melbourne VIC

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Work Arrangement: 100% Office Based (Monday to Friday)

Join Aspire Early Education & Kindergarten At Aspire Early Education & Kindergarten, we're passionate about creating inspiring learning environments where children, families and educators thrive.

As one of Australia's fastest growing early childhood providers, we're expanding our portfolio of new centres across Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. We're looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to lead recruitment across our exciting Start Up Centres Portfolio.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in building high performing teams from the ground up, partnering with operational leaders and making a genuine impact on the success of every new Aspire centre.

Please note:

This is a full time, office based position located at our South Yarra Support Office. Due to the highly collaborative nature of this role, the successful candidate will be required to work from the office five days per week. This is not a hybrid or work from home position.

About the Role As the Talent Acquisition Partner for our Start Up Centres Portfolio, you will take ownership of end to end recruitment across multiple new centre openings.

Working closely with Area Managers, Centre Managers, Operations and the People & Talent team, you'll develop strategic recruitment plans, attract exceptional talent and ensure every new Aspire centre is staffed with passionate educators and leaders ready to deliver outstanding outcomes.

This role requires someone who thrives in a quick paced environment, enjoys building strong stakeholder relationships and is passionate about delivering an exceptional candidate experience.





Key Responsibilities

- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle across Aspire's Start Up Centre Portfolio.
- Recruit Centre Managers, Assistant Centre Managers, Educational Leaders, Kindergarten Teachers, Educators, Room Leaders, Chefs and Support Office roles as required.
- Partner with operational leaders to understand workforce planning requirements and centre opening timelines.
- Develop innovative sourcing strategies to attract top talent.
- Build and maintain solid talent pipelines for future growth.
- Advertise vacancies across multiple recruitment platforms.
- Screen, interview and shortlist high quality candidates.
- Coordinate interviews and provide timely communication to candidates and hiring managers.
- Conduct reference checks, compliance checks and visa verification.
- Prepare offers and support onboarding activities.
- Monitor recruitment metrics including time to fill, offer acceptance and quality of hire.
- Provide regular recruitment updates and market insights to key stakeholders.
- Support recruitment events, careers expos and employer branding initiatives.
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes and candidate experience.

About You You'll be an experienced recruiter who enjoys building relationships and delivering results.

You'll bring

- Previous experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruitment or Human Resources.
- Experience managing high volume end to end recruitment.




- Strong stakeholder management and relationship building skills.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Ability to prioritise multiple vacancies across different locations.
- Strong sourcing capability across SEEK, LinkedIn and networking platforms.
- Experience using JobAdder or another Applicant Tracking System.
- Strong attention to detail and excellent time management.
- A proactive, solutions focused mindset.
- Current Working with Children Check or willingness to obtain one.

Why Join Aspire? At Aspire, our people are at the heart of everything we do. When you join our team, you'll enjoy:
- Being part of one of Australia's fastest growing early education providers.
- Working alongside a supportive and collaborative People & Talent team.
- The opportunity to recruit for exciting new centre openings across Australia.
- Career progression and professional development opportunities.
- Employee wellbeing initiatives.
- Modern South Yarra Support Office.
- A collaborative workplace where your ideas and contributions are valued.
- The opportunity to make a genuine impact on children's education by building exceptional teams.

About Aspire Early Education & Kindergarten At Aspire, our purpose is to inspire children to learn, grow and succeed through exceptional early education. We believe in creating environments where children, families and employees feel supported, valued and empowered.

Our values guide everything we do:

- Inspiring and Nurturing
- Building Trust
- Empowering Excellence
- Connecting Communities

We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace that celebrates diversity and promotes the wellbeing of every child, family and employee.

📌 Talent Acquisition Coordinator (South Yarra)
🏢 Aspire Early Education
📍 South Yarra